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Smoked irishman

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Noun
  1. 1
    A black man. dated, derogatory, ethnic, slur

    "The smoked Irishmen — the colored (no one says black; few even say Negro) — represent change and instability, kids who cause trouble in school, who get treatment that your kids never got, that you never got."

Etymology

From the joint low status of blacks and the Irish in Britain and the United States during the 19th century.

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